"He was holding the weapon in his left hand. He began to turn toward his right in the direction of the deputy, and in so doing he moved the gun
toward the deputy, and the deputy's mindset was that he was fearful he would be shot," Lt Paul Henry of Santa Rosa police said at a press
conference.

My apologies to this young mans family, I can only imagine your pain.

I think its time we all require our officers at least obey the rules of engagement and not fire until fired upon. This saddens me.

I imagine the deputy feels awful after this tragedy. It's a difficult situation to comprehend and saddens me very much.

ETA: Seven shots though does seem a little overkill...

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you think he feels awful....hmmmm.....I think he should lose his job and be thrown in a jail.......I wonder if its a point system for these
police?...at training they are taught 20 pts for puppies,50 pts for kids under 15....maybe a 100 pts for elderly people?....7 bullets for a 13 year
old....wow just wow....

I am astounded that anyone here would actually be 'appalled' by this inasmuch as this has been common practice in the US for a very long time now. All
such incidents as these, and there have been many thousands since 2008 alone, are manifestations of the actions of a rogue government - a police state
controlled by Fascists. I am having difficulty finding respondents here (and throughout these forums) who seem to be willing to acknowledge that.

I am not surprised though given that ATS seems to be riddled with O'Worshipers who have their heads buried in the sand, which is a sure sign of denial
as to their true condition of slavery. Denial forces one to lie to oneself, and to not face the truth, usually because of weakness of character,
cowardice, or having submitted oneself to a form of state controlled hypnosis. Liberal progressives are notorious for their obedience - their
obeisance to the mindset referred to above.

Honestly, I used to think these are isolated incidents from a very large population base. That while questionable there were bound to be such events
on such a large scale, accidents human error, etc.

Than a friends brother was shot while handcuffed, and the cops went into blue wall mode, bribing witnesses, harassing the victims family, paying for
cellphones with cash on spot. One witness went into hiding to avoid the cops from threats she was receiving.

I saw how cops close around their own, I'll never give a cop the benefit of the doubt ever again.

Oh where was the above? Good ol pro police state California.

The police used to have a defender in me, I used to be the guy defending the cops to the bitter end in every thread like this.

CONTINUED: In an attempt at understanding the origins of this previously unknown phenomenon of animalistic police behavior, I'll go back as far as
2001 when the big American lie called the "War on Terror" was instituted as the new "Law of the Land" having itself been the result of the ultimate
false flag operation known as 9/11.

A very big player in that great American tragedy was (and still is) arch Zionist and dual citizen Israeli, Michael Chertoff, one time director of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who has brought the ominous influence of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to our local police departments across
the United States. By means of this Zionist military training, our local police forces throughout the land - not just in isolated pockets of the
country - are being psychologically transformed, and physically modified from that of having once been the protectors of the public trust, respecting
American law and jurisprudence, to opponents and antagonists, i.e., purveyors of Zionist inspired hate and Stasi like police state control-schemes
over the general population.

Suddenly we see the unbridled use of police state tactics throughout the entire land; the use of military gear and uniforms, armored vehicles and
armaments, high powered rifles, pistols and assault weapons, and total and complete illegal surveillance. This behavior is also manifested in the use
of Stasi State computer interference systems, which are all indicative of a dramatic shift in the fundamental structure of the average American
community.

While the suppressive, over-reaching arm of the Obama administration, under control of the global elite, turns our Constitutional Republic into a
Fascist dictatorship, the dramatic changes in the structure of local police departments throughout the land have been a clear reflection of that - all
of which will lead to the eventual takeover of our police forces by the military.

I could not imagine growing up in this day and age. When we were kids we regularly had toy guns, weather it was "cowboys and Indians" or Cops and
robbers" or playing "Army". It was kinda the norm for boys to play things like that where I lived.
I can only imagine that boys parents and how they must feel, soo sad.

I don't know the story be hind him carrying the "weapon", I just remember being young and carrying cap guns and pellet rifles out in the open never
thinking something like this could happen.

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